Middlewood Journal

Butterflies were out in force yesterday, along with spiders, ants, stinkbugs, and unfortunately, gnats. The irritants stayed away as long as...

Today was the kind of day that makes you want to be a bird. Not just any bird, though. I am talking Hawk. Specifically, a Red-tailed Hawk, l...

If you live in or around Spartanburg County, SC and are interested in having your own blog, Daisy suggests the following.... Workshop: Blog...

I made a point to squeeze in drawing time today because yesterday, while walking the dogs down by Meetinghouse Creek, I was surprised to see...

Today the temperature is almost 70 degrees, sunny with a gentle breeze. The dogs and I went on a hike to the kudzu hill with backpack &...

I took the dogs up to the kudzu hill this morning and was amazed to realize that the air was a good ten degrees warmer up there than either ...

Between travel and projects (due back to back), I have to say October was the busiest month I've had in years... maybe ever! Wandering t...

We went to the beach a couple weeks ago. There wasn't time to sit and draw while I was there, so I brought these goodies home and sat at...

Every now and then a day comes along when things seem to go against my natural inclination to wander slowly around in nature, and then to se...

The dogs and I headed out in the cool of the morning, with dew still heavy on the grass and deep shade of pines, maples, sourwoods and oaks ...

Kudzu. Unfortunately, we have our own personal patch of it at the top of our driveway. We try to kill it every winter by spraying with undi...

After weeks of hot, sunny mornings, today's fog and cool temps were a wonderful change. Daisy and I headed out early to enjoy it. Our po...

My family vacation took us to the Cotswolds this year. June in England is a magical place. Gardens are at their loveliest, the weather is g...

Today Daisy and I headed out early to beat the heat that has baked the upstate for weeks now. The sun was barely up and cardinals near our ...

I waited until afternoon to walk today so that the air could warm and the dew could dry. Walking in high, dewy grass soaks your shoes the s...

This post took longer than most to finish because I was determined to find out what these mystery plants were. I first found them two weeks...

Hiked early with journal and camera under cloudy skies to check on the Bull Thistles, to see if they have fully opened. Walking into a bree...

Wow! Springtime overload! Days are not long enough this time of year. I could have used about five more hours this afternoon. I made so ma...